James Gunn’s DC film and television plans announced

After so many years of uneven storytelling, DC Studios is finally starting to take a more cohesive approach across all forms of entertainment. In a six-minute video message posted to social media today, james gunn Lists a small portion of the 8-10 year plan he and studio co-head Peter Safran have for film, television and games. The first “chapter” of the DC Universe (Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios already called it a “phase”) will be called “Gods and Monsters.”

Gunn explained: “As many of you know, DC has been out of touch with film and TV for a long time. Part of our job…is to come in and make sure the DCU is in film, TV, games, animation. Characters Consistent, played by the same actors, and works in one story. If anything is not in it – like Matt Reeves batman or todd phillips clown or Teen Titans GO! – It’s clearly labeled “DC Elseworlds” outside of the mainstream DCU continuity. “

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Every typeThis other world Tags also apply to previously announced superman movie project From producer JJ Abrams and screenwriter Ta-Nehisi Coates (who is currently hard at work on the script).

“I grew up loving DC characters, they were very important to me, [and] I knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something very different,” Gunn continued in his pre-recorded speech. “One of the things that was very important to me in all of these movies and shows was directing Vision Writers—all creators—have unique visions. Storytelling is always king and it’s important to us. I want to be true to those stories, and I want to be true to you guys, you guys really gave something that you haven’t seen before. “

Head below to see what we know so far about Gods and Monsters…

Legacy project:

By “remaining,” we mean the theatrical films greenlit under the former studio system: Shazam!wrath of the gods (March 17), flash (June 16), blue beetle (August 18), and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (December 25).

Gunn explained that all of these films lead directly to each other, flash Serves as the main “reset” point for continuity across the screen.The filmmaker told reporters at Warner Bros. Pictures on Monday that Barry Allen’s solo film “could be one of the greatest superhero movies ever made” (via type).

Plus, the new studio head is open to working with Ezra Miller again their public apology And promised to improve himself after several public controversies.

“Ezra is fully committed to their recovery,” Safran said. “We fully support the journey they are on now. When the time comes, when they feel they are ready to discuss it, we will all figure out the best way forward. But right now, they are fully focused on their recovery. In the months we’ve been talking to them, it feels like they’re making huge strides.”

Peacemaker returns:

Gunn will return to the world he created suicide squad and peacemaker in a pair of TV spin-offs.The first was a seven-episode animated show titled biological commando, in which Amanda Waller creates a Black Ops-style team of imprisoned monsters, including Weasel. Gunn has completed all seven issues. The second series—— Waller — The titular leader of Task Force X is found reunited with “Team Peacemaker”. Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) are big on this one.

Viola Davis is set to return for two small-screen performances, prompting Gunn to reveal that while the DCU may be torn between live-action and animated, the cast will remain consistent. “We’re doing things a little bit differently than DC, where we’re taking characters into animation, out of animation—often by having the same actor do their voices in live action.”

The DCU gets down to business in earnest:

• A major creative overhaul for Gunn and Safran will be in Restart superman Movie Focus on Iron Man’s younger days.official name Superman: Legacythe film, written by Gunn, is scheduled for a wide theatrical release on July 11, 2025.
• Next came the HBO series called lantern, which revolved around Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and several other members of the Green Lantern Corps operating on Earth. Gunn described the show as “true detective Hang out with a couple of Green Lanterns, the space police who keep watch over regions of Earth. In it, they uncover a terrifying mystery that ties into our larger DCU story. “
• then came authority, a blockbuster based on the Wildstorm character from Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch in the late 1990s. Gunn’s “passion project” follows “a group of superheroes who think the world is broken and want to fix it by any means necessary,” he jokes. “I think it’s a very different take on superheroes.”
• While Gal Gadot is likely to star as Wonder Woman, Diana Prince fans can still look forward to a return to Themyscira in the HBO series paradise lost (Named after Paradise Island, another moniker for the home of the Amazons), Gunn hints that there will clearly be a “Game of Thrones” vibe here.
• Of course, there would be no DC Cinematic Universe without the Caped Crusader, which brings us to Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Gotham Vigilante’s big-screen makeover will be based on batman The comic book, run by writer Grant Morrison, focuses on the relationship between Bruce Wayne and his son Damian. “Damien Wayne is my favorite Robin,” Gunn added. “He’s the little assassin that Batman is trying to line up. So, that’s the story of the two of them and the beginning of the Bat-family in the DCU.”
• Then we’ll head to “A Superhero Story with Imposter Syndrome” in HBO’s Booster Gold-centric series. “He’s a fascinating guy,” Gunn said, “He’s a loser from the future who uses technology from the future to come back to the modern day and become a superhero so that people will fall in love with him.” small town and donald faison legends of tomorrow.
• The penultimate project announced today is a feature-length standalone Supergirl film, subtitle woman of tomorrow. Described by Gunn as a “big sci-fi epic”.The film will feature a “more jaded” version of Kara Danvers, who “grew up on Krypton” and was forced to watch “everyone around her die in some horrible way.” It’s not clear if this version of the hero was with Sasha Calle at this summer’s flash.
• Finally, following a short-lived TV show in 2019, DC Studios decided to take another swing at Swamp Thing. Alec Holland and his swamp counterpart will take center stage in a big-screen story that sounds like DC’s Answer werewolf night. Gunn called it a “very dark horror story” that explored “the origins of the swamp monster.” While “it outstrips the rest of the DCU in tonality, it will still fit into the rest of the story.”

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